The men's javelin throw event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 31 July 1999.
| Gold | Harri Haatainen | |
| Silver | Ville Räsänen | |
| Bronze | Mark Frank |
31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 76.59 | 79.87 | 78.90 | 81.74 | 79.47 | 83.02 | 83.02 | CR | |||
| align=left | align=left | | 78.36 | x | x | 68.73 | 76.56 | – | 78.36 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 76.37 | 72.95 | 77.62 | x | 73.14 | 75.08 | 77.62 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | x | 72.99 | 69.09 | 69.03 | 76.12 | 73.62 | 76.12 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 74.67 | 65.75 | 69.38 | x | x | 69.03 | 74.67 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 73.96 | 73.52 | 67.80 | 73.13 | x | x | 73.96 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | x | 72.47 | 69.99 | x | 70.74 | 67.95 | 72.47 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 68.84 | 71.58 | 72.07 | x | 71.17 | x | 72.07 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 70.53 | x | 70.69 | 70.69 | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 68.08 | 63.42 | 63.07 | 68.08 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | x | 67.23 | 65.86 | 67.23 | ||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 66.83 | 65.79 | 63.81 | 66.83 | ||||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 62.33 | x | 65.86 | 65.86 | ||||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 60.76 | 58.23 | 63.04 | 63.04 | ||||||
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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